
Friday 25 January
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Carnivora |
Family | Felidae |
Genus | Panthera Leopards are predominately solitary and are active mainly during the night. Individuals occmammals Leopards are skilful hunters, stalking their prey to within a striking distance of a few metres, and feeding opportunistically on a wide range of animals The range of the Amur leopard previously encompassed the Amur River basin and the mountains of northeastern China and the Korean peninsula Occurs in any area that provides reasonable cover in temperate forests Classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List The Amur leopard has been systematically hunted out of most of its former range for its coat and for the bones that are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine The leopard is protected but a proactive conservation effort is needed immediately if one of the most stunning of the big cats is to be saved from extinction. Efforts to save the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) in the same area are showing signs of success but the leopard has been largely overlooked until now More information on the Amur leopard: Further information on threatened cats: Authenticated (16/02/05) by Sharon Miller, Director of AMUR, Image credit © Lynn M. Stone / Auscape International Auscape International Link to this photo Terms of Use - The displayed portlet may be used as a link from your website to Arkive's online content for private, scientific, conservation or educational purposes only. It may NOT be used within Apps. Read more about |